‘Time Beat’: George Martin’s foray in early electronic music
A visionary piece.
Music Archives: 03/2025
“Enormous”: Iggy Pop on Bo Diddley’s huge impact on 1960s rock
Straight into the very rhythm that powers all music.
“I watched him throw it away”: The Slash performance that reduced Axl Rose to tears
“I just watched him throw it away”.
What was the Grateful Dead’s longest-ever show?
There’s no such thing as a casual Deadhead. If there are, say 50’000 Deadheads in any given city in the world, that exact number will come out to see them live. Then another 10% of that number will tag along from the town previously.
The Traveling Wilburys trick that made them successful: “It’s impossible”
The secret to their success.
What does ‘Blackstar’ tell us about David Bowie’s darkest era?
Whereas 2013s The Next Day was such an intentional throwback to his 1970s imperial phase that the cover was literally just “Heroes” with a sticker over it, Blackstar comes across more like what those albums must have been like to hear for the very first time.
